Things only a Welsh parent would say

In today’s video I’ve looked back to all the things my parents said to me when I was a child and I was being naughty or got into a fight or even forgot to clean my room. Welsh parents have always use some interesting phrases. So if you want to know when a parent would say ‘Crying? I’ll give you something to cry about!’, what ‘council pop’ is or why every parent in Wales knows someone famous then you’ll find this video interesting.
If you remember any interesting phrases your parents or a friends parents used to say then why not let us know about them in the comments below.
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[@ellenday2155]

Having a Welsh mother, this is very accurate 😂 She also claims to have known Ryan Giggs as a child.

[@pamwhiting4890]

I am welsh , but living in England, i r eally loved that translation.......lovely!! .......you never lose your roots if they are in Wales !!

[@douglaslawson733]

My g-grandfather was from Dowlais and immigrated to the U.S. My mom must have picked up all these phrases from him... I certainly heard all them while growing up !

[@elizabethmaybrown6715]

Those sayings are used in Somerset too, plus we roll our R's so that ear, year and here all sound the same😂😂 I've heard about council pop too though where I grew up we were on a private spring so none of that added flouride 🤢

[@ellenday2155]

Our favourite one is ‘cwtch.’

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

I love that word as well.

[@iriscollins7583]

You're reading my mind. My favourite word in the Welsh language.

[@thornhillplumbing]

When my nan was surprised to hear something she would say "well I go to Cardiff!"

[@hanes_cymru_]

How about: "don't make me get the wooden spoon!" Back when it was acceptable for parents to chastise their own children 🤣🤣👌

[@evahunt2625]

This was very cool! Makes me wish for a Welsh childhood. Enjoyed the video. 😊

[@carolbailey7348]

My nan worked in a pub and apparently Tom Jones was a regular

[@iriscollins7583]

In Wales? Which Tom Jones??????

[@pebble8560]

I think my Aussie mum learned a lot of these from her Welsh mother-in-law

[@AbrahamLure]

Haha, Australian here. Had no idea so many of the sayings I got from my parents are Welsh ones!

[@olgajuhnevica4183]

Nice lesson! Thank you a lot! I'm waiting for the next one, please.

[@oceanwanderer8065]

Cheers Jason.

[@pamwhiting4890]

People tell the dog , go cwtch now, meaning go to your bed or basket !!

[@steffanhuw8556]

my dad occasionally says welsh phrases to me like dere ma, i'm tamping fuming raging or words like poody, and header to describe someone whose mental

[@malcolmlugg9843]

Council pop - that's a West Midlands one too

[@sarahmeredith5808]

Lol I laughed even at the title 🤣

[@sarahmeredith5808]

Yeah lol I knew someone who knew Charlotte Church

[@zenaillahibaccus5781]

Jason, do you do a breakdown of the welsh song " YMA HYD" like you do for people learning as thanks to you I learnt the welsh national anthem in 1 month and I sang this when wales played ukraine for a friendly at cardiff stadium, as I had pitchside tickets that day and"I sang it loud and proud" even though I am english, and I would like to do the same for this song.

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

Hi! I’m happy to do a breakdown of Yma o hyd. It’s a beautiful song. I’ll try recording it but as it’s a copyrighted song there may be problems in bringing it out on KZbin . I will try though.

[@louisacapell]

My mother said things I've never heard other people say lol Some I now say. Lolol Things like , oh that's as dry as old Harry. And , stop being so bloody wet.

[@Floweroftheprairie2720]

I say lots of these to my kids 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m going to claim it’s my Welsh heritage 😆

[@galinor7]

A Welsh parent might say "fi yw di fam" for example.

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

Is that in a ‘you’d better listen carefully to what I say, because I’m your mother!’ sort of way?

[@sarahmeredith5808]

My teacher would say that to me 🤣

[@sarahmeredith5808]

I live in England now and didn't realise I say these to my daughter 🤣

[@thepeanutgallery1699]

I had them all said to me growing up in New Jersey (USA) except the "Stop your chopsin".

[@sarahmeredith5808]

@@thepeanutgallery1699 I had were you born in a barn lol 😆

[@thepeanutgallery1699]

@@sarahmeredith5808 Got that one too, even though the nearest barn (I was aware of) was far out from the urban NYC metro area

[@catherineshaw3462]

I grew up near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire (live in Aberystwyth now), and I heard "council pop", "looks like a bomb's hit it" and "I don't care who started it, I'm finishing it!" many times in my childhood. Most of the others I've come across before now, but "chopsin" was new to me.

[@sarahmeredith5808]

My mum would ask me what my last slave died of lol. I would say answering back 🤣.

[@johngale8289]

My parents used to say all of them I also say them 🤣

[@LearnWelshPodcast]

You’re keeping the Welsh traditions alive! 😀

[@sarahmeredith5808]

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